Sanitary pad for water-closet seats



H. H. SUMMER. SANITARYPAD FOR WATER CLOS ET SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 26,1921.

1,437,455 Patented 1360.5,1922-- INVENTOH 17. E 5077777767 ATTORNEYSPatented Dec. 5,. 1922.

STATES HUGO HENRY SUMMER, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

SANITARY PAD FOR WATER-CLOSET SEATS.

Application filed February 26, 1921. Serial No. 448,078.

To all whom rit may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO H. SUMMER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Madison, in the count-y of Dane and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Im rovemeilt in Sanitary ads forVVater-(lloset Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in sanitary pads for water closetseats and it consists in the combinations, constructions andarrangements herein described and claimed.

An object: of my invention is to provide 'a pad that is adapted foradjustment to a water closet seat to 'conformably cover the same toprevent contact of any portion of the seat with a user.

A further object of my invent-ion is to provide a device of the typedescribed that can be folded to fit'within and be ejected from thevending device described and illustrated in my concurrent applicationfor Letters Patent on device for vending toilet seat pads.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed that is made of a relatively inexpensive material, such astissue paper, so that each pad can be readily disposed of when used.

A further object of my invention is to provide a water closet seat pad,such as described above, and a suitable means adapted to engage with atoilet seat to removably clamp the pad in adjusted position on the seat.I

Other objects and advantages will appear 7 in the followingspecification, and the novel features of-the invention will beparticularly pointed out-in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the ac-- companying drawings, formingpart of this application, in which Figure 1 is a'plan view of the pad,Figure 2 is a sectional view through a water closet bowl, showing theuse and application of the device.

Figure 3 is a section along the line 3-3 2 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the device.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a fiat sheet -1, of suitablematerial, such as a soft paper. This sheet conforms substantially inoutline with a Water closet seat and is provided with a substantiallyU-shaped.

lapping.

slit 2 therethrough concentric with the outer edge of the sheet 1. Theends of the slit 2 are radially directed 'at 3 and 4 respectively. Aplurality of slits 5 extend radially from the slit 2 and terminate aspaced distance from the outer edge of the sheet 1.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. The

sheet 1 is placed in position on a water closet seat 6 and a centralflap 8 that is outlined by the slit 2 is then bent downwardly at 3 and'4 to depend within the bowl ,7 ,at the forward end of the seat.'lapering flaps that are defined by the slits 5 are bent downwardly overthe inner edge of the seat 6 and will depend within the bowl 7, theadjacent edges of the flaps over- The portions of the sheet 1 extendingfrom the outer ends of the slits 5 to the outer edge of the sheet 1 willconformably fit the upper surface'of the'seat 6, as clearly shown in thedrawin It will thus be seen that no portlon of the bodyof the user cancontact with the seat 6 or with the bowl 7. I prefer to make the pad ofa soft absorbent paper, such as US$116 paper, that can be compressedinto small 12. A clamping plate 13 is formed withdepending lugs 14 thatare positioned atopposite .endsthereof intermediate the width of theplate and in position to engage w1t h the lugs 12 when the clampingplate 13 1s placed upon the base plate 10, as clearly shown in Figure 4.A pin 15 is pro ected through the lugs 12 and 14 and a spring 16 isdisposed on the pin between the lugs 14,

thereby tending to maintain the latter in frictional contact with thelugs 12. The spring 16 has its ends extending laterally of the pin 15 topress upwardly against the under surface of a side portion of theclamping plate 13 and thus force the opposite side portion of theclamping' plate downwardly.

Referring to Figure .3, it will be noted that i prefer .to provide twoof the: means ust described for clamping the pad to the seat and that Idispose the same in diametrically opposed positions. The tension ofthespring 16 forces the inner portion of the clamping plate 13 downwardlyand the portion of the sheet 1 arranged between the clamping plate 13and the seat 6 is therefore clamped to the latter. When it is desired toremove the pad from its adjusted position, the clamping plate 13 isrocked by pressing downwardly on the outer portion thereof.

llhe pad can be folded to fit within a vending device and is desi ed foruse with my improved vending device that has been made the subject of myconcurrent application for Letters Patent. In preparing the pad for usein the vending machines, the side portions thereof are folded forwardlyupon the body thereof along parallel lines tangent with the ends of theslits 5. The forward end portion of the pad is then folded backwardlyalong a line intersecting the flap 8 at its approximate middle point andthe rearward end of the pad is folded backwardly along a linemidway'between the outer end of the adjacent slits 5 and the rear edgeof I MAY"? 9 are thus thesheet 1. The end portions of the flapsprotected.

I claim: 1. The combination with a water closet seat, of a pad of softabsorbent material adapted to conform in outline and to cover the uppersurface of said seat, and a pluv rality of spring actuated claspsdisposed on said seat, said clasps having jaws adapted to openandreceive an edge of said pad at -will for removably holding said pad inadjusted position.

2. The combination with a water closet

